A video of the FUNcube Dongle SDR presentation given by Howard Long G6LVB to the 2011 TAPR DCC is now available.
The FUNcube Dongle is a VHF/UHF (64-1700 MHz) Software Defined Radio (SDR) on a USB Dongle. Howard Long G6VLB traveled to the 2011 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) from London to address the group on this project.
He details the trials and tribulations behind designing and manufacturing what turned out to be an extremely popular product.
The primary aim of the FUNcube Dongle is to interest young students in science, satellites and radio. The FUNcube iteslf is a satellite that will be launched specifically to be monitored by all those dongles that have been sold.
